Francois Darlan
- Category : 1881-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 2/4 - Hermit / Opportunist
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Sphinx 3
Biography
French military; the admiral of the French fleet in 1939 and Minister of the Navy in June 1940.
After the German occupation, he was named by Vichy Chief Philippe Pétain as his eventual successor. A bitter enemy of England, he became head of the government, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the Interior after Pierre Laval's disgrace, December 1940.
He collaborated with the Nazis in the Syrian campaign and remained in his ministerial post after Laval returned in April 1942. Surprised in Algiers when the Allies landed 8 November 1942, he went over to their side.
Later he was executed, assassinated by students acting on orders of the Resistance, 24 December 1942, Algiers.